The Year of Our Lord 1608

Bishop Events

January to June

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Bonaventura D’Avalos, O.S.A. †	Vasto	Bishop Emeritus of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy
		Born	Matteo Avanisensis, O.P. †	Aparaner	Archbishop of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan), Armenia
		Born	Léon Bacoué, O.F.M. †	Casteljaloux	Bishop Emeritus of Glandèves, France
	49.0	Resigned	Ottavio Belmosto (Belmusti) †	Bishop of Aleria, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	32.0	Appointed	Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina, Italy
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-Pierre Camus †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Belley, France
		Installed	Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Panamá	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga), Peru
		Born	Pirro Luigi Castellomata †	Salerno	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano, Italy
		Born	Gavino Cattayna, O. Carm. †	Sassari	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Died	Eugenio Cattaneo, B. †	Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy
		Died	Jérôme Centelles †	Bishop of Cavaillon, France
		Born	Jacobus de la Torre †	Den Haag	Vicar Apostolic of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
		Born	Alonso Francisco Dou †	Bas	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
		Born	Giovanni Stefano Donghi †	Genoa	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Born	Jean d’Estrade †		Bishop Emeritus of Condom, France
		Born	Alexander Fabri †	Brictinorien, Italy	Bishop of Orange, France
		Born	Gregory Fallon †	Elphinen	Bishop of Clonmacnoise, Ireland
		Died	Alexander Filaretus †	Bishop of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum), Italy
		Died	Eugenio Fucci †	Bishop of Veroli, Italy
	55.0	Appointed	Agostino Galamini, O.P. †	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
		Born	Honuphrius Geronda (Gerona) †	Calaritan	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Died	Scipione Gesualdo †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
		Born	Pedro de Lencastre, O.F.M. Cap. †	Azeitão	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal
		Born	Andrzej Leszczyński †	Goluchów	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
		Died	Francesco Liparuli (Liparolo) †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
		Resigned	Giovanni Lippomano †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
		Resigned	Juan López, O.P. †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Joachim Luzinszky †	Cracovien	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
		Born	Francesco Maria Macchiavelli †	Florence	Cardinal, Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
		Appointed	Giovanni Giacomo Macedonio †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy
		Died	Fausto Malari (Molari, Mellari) †	Bishop of Chiusi, Italy
		Born	Jean de Mallevaud, O.F.M. †	Bellicen	Auxiliary Bishop of Clermont, France
		Born	Vincentius Margarit, O.P. †	Gerunden	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
		Born	Lodovico Morales, O.S.A. †	Lucerna	Bishop of Tropea, Italy
		Born	Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy †	Rome, Italy	Bishop of Chartres, France
		Died	Jorge de Padilla, O.P. †	Bishop of Città Ducale, Italy
		Appointed	Maciej Pstrokoński †	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
		Born	Francesco Angelo Rapaccioli †	Collescipoli	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Terni, Italy
		Resigned	Marco Antonio Salomone †	Bishop of Sora, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Alfonso de Sotomayor, O. Merc. †	Carmona	Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Johannes Kaspar Stredele †	Priest of Wien, Austria	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Succeeded	Jean de Tulles †	Bishop of Orange, France
		Died	Jean de Tulles †	Bishop of Orange, France
	48.0	Died	Antonio Valente, O.P. †	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
		Resigned	Fausto Vrancic (Verancsics) †	Bishop of Csanád, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
	31.0	Ordained Priest	Diego de Zambrana de Villalobos y Cordero †	Priest	Bishop of Santiago de Chile
Jan	37.0	Died	Fabrizio Perugini †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
6 Jan	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Anastasio Germonio †	Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
7 Jan	56.0	Appointed	Simón Vicente Bauzá, O.P. †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	61.0	Appointed	Juan Castro, O.S.A. †	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
	29.0	Appointed	Philippe Hurault de Cheverny †	Bishop of Chartres, France
	46.0	Installed	Giovanni Garzia Millini †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
13 Jan	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Gerolamo Mezzamico †	Bishop of Trevico, Italy
19 Jan	60.0	Died	Bernard Maciejowski †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
28 Jan	11.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
	11.1	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Civalli, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum	Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
		Appointed	Pomponio de Magistris †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
3 Feb	27.1	Ordained Bishop	Roberto Ubaldini †	Bishop of Montepulciano, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
4 Feb	41.1	Appointed	Marinus Bizzius (Bici) †	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Michoacán, México
		Appointed	Alphonse d’Elbène †	Coadjutor Bishop of Albi, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Alphonse d’Elbène †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop Emeritus of Albi, France
		Appointed	Ettore Diotallevi †	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	34.9	Appointed	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop
	34.9	Appointed	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
5 Feb		Died	Blasius Laubich †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
8 Feb	70.1	Died	Alphonse d’Elbène †	Bishop of Albi, France
8 Feb		Succeeded	Alphonse d’Elbène †	Bishop of Albi, France	Bishop Emeritus
10 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Pomponio de Magistris †	Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
11 Feb	54.1	Appointed	Giulio Calvi †	Bishop of Sora, Italy
11 Feb		Appointed	Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S. †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
27 Feb		Appointed	Berenguer Bardaxi Alagón y Espés, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
Mar		Died	Youssef Rizzi el-Bkoufani †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
2 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Vincenzo Bucchi (Buschio) †	Priest	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
3 Mar		Appointed	François de Donnadieu, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
	55.2	Appointed	Onofre Reart †	Bishop of Vic, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Gerona, Spain
	57.2	Appointed	Francisco Terrones del Caño †	Bishop of León, Spain
10 Mar	42.2	Appointed	Bartolomeo Cesi (Cesa) †	Archbishop of Conza, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Tivoli, Italy
10 Mar	57.2	Appointed	Prudencio Sandobal, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
17 Mar	50.2	Appointed	Troiano Bozzuto, C.O. †	Bishop of Capri, Italy
27 Mar	68.2	Died	Vicente Roca de la Serna †	Bishop of Albarracin, Spain
30 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Alphonse d’Elbène †	Bishop of Albi, France	Bishop Emeritus
Apr	60.3	Died	Antonio de Santo Estevão, O.P. †	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
5 Apr	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Francisco García Guerra, O.P. †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
13 Apr	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Domingos Torrado, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Fisicula	Auxiliary Bishop of Goa, India
18 Apr	66.3	Died	Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee †	Bishop of Basel, Switzerland
25 Apr		Died	Jan von Sitsch †	Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
28 Apr		Appointed	Henri Clausse †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France	Bishop
28 Apr		Appointed	Henri Clausse †	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne, France
1 May	26.3	Ordained Priest	Georg Hammer †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
4 May	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni (Giannettino) Doria †	Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica	Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
12 May	52.6	Confirmed	Francesco Vendramin †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
17 May	48.1	Died	Ascanio Colonna †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
18 May	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Prudencio Sandobal, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Tui, Spain	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain
23 May	62.2	Selected	Anne d’Escars de Givry (de Pérusse), O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Metz, France
26 May	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Vendramin †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
28 May	54.9	Appointed	Juan de Cervantes †	Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
	55.4	Appointed	Antonio Maria Galli †	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Bishop of Osimo, Italy
	73.4	Appointed	Gregorio Petrocchini, O.S.A. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
	70.4	Appointed	Mariano Pierbenedetti †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
		Appointed	Domingo Valderrama y Centeno, O.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of La Paz, Bolivia	Bishop
	75.4	Appointed	Diego Vázquez de Mercado †	Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop
2 Jun	48.4	Appointed	Gonzalo de Salazar, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida), México
2 Jun	61.4	Appointed	Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez (Suárez), O.P. †	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
5 Jun		Ordained Bishop	François de Donnadieu, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Saint-Papoul, France
8 Jun	53.4	Died	Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz †	Bishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
9 Jun	57.4	Died	Štefan Szuhay †	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
11 Jun	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Simón Vicente Bauzá, O.P. †	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
11 Jun	82.8	Died	François-Marie Tarugi, C.O. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Siena, Italy
23 Jun		Appointed	Benjamin de Brichanteau †	Coadjutor Bishop of Laon, France	Bishop
23 Jun		Appointed	Benjamin de Brichanteau †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop of Laon, France